Thermal stability of amino acids in siliceous ooze under alkaline hydrothermal conditions

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1897-1909

  Yamaoka, Kyoko ^a   Kawahata, Hodaka ^a   Gupta, Lallan P ^b   Ito, Miho ^c   Masuda, Harue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; SILICEOUS OOZE; SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; VOLATILE GASES;

ALKALINITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PH; PYROLYSIS; SEDIMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DECOMPOSITION; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OOZE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE; PH; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMAL REGIME;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35549001320     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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